Sprinkler.



H. E. HOUSTON.

SPRINKLER.

APPLICATION FILED JULY2I, 1914.

1,152,636. PatentedSept. 7,1915.

' Amhlvsrs Toall'wh'om "Zamora/concern:

h HUGH:snwannnousromior -wrcnrrarelms,

Be, it known that l, H GH EDwAnp Hops row, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of WichitaFalls, inthe county'of Wichita and State of Texas, have invented'af new andlmproved Spriril'rjlenbf which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My, invention relates todeyices' emplOyed more particularly for sprinkling lawns; and

theobject; thereof is to providea Simple, convenient and inexpensive device which. can be easily and quickly attached to garden'hose, and whichdevice has simple 1 means for placing the sameinto operative or into inoperative position.

With the above and other objects in view,

v the nature of which will more fully. appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in'the novel construction, combination and arrangement'of parts as herein fully described, illustrated and cla med.

Inithe accompanying. drawings, forming part of the ELPDllCEltlOIl, simllar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and Figure 1 is a vertical cross section of-a garden hoseprovided with an,

, embodiment of my invention; Fig. Q'is a plan view of a section of a'garden hose pro vided with my invention; Fig. 3 1s a plan view of the binding flange; and Fig. a is a plan view of the sections forming the nipple of the device. 7 j l c T f H Referring to the drawings, 5 represents a garden hose in which a suitable aperture 6 iskformed, the diameter of said" aperture 6 being smaller than theouter diameterof the nipple sections 7 so that when said nip} ple sections are forcedinto the aperture the same will maintain the sectionsagainst one another. The lower-ends of the nipple sections '7 are provided with lateral' .flangep'ortions 8 which form a part of a cylindrical: surface adapted to conform withthe inner surface of the hose, as best seen in Fig- 1.

Fitting, over the outwardly projecting-endsof the nipple sections 7 is a retaining flange or washer 9, said flange being similarly cy isprovided with an annular central collar lindrically shaped so that it will conformito the outer surface of the hose 5. The flange 10 fitting snugly about'the nipple sections The nipple sections 7 adjacent the collar 10 are provided with a continuousthread 11' engaged by the interiorly threaded'portion 12 of a sprinkler head 13. c The portion of resistances aa g i threaded p raoafiais f? preferably semi sph erical. and j provided witha' -large number 'ofgperforations 14:.

the nipple sections}? comes in: engagement ,witlit'he collar 10' if-the retaining fi'ange' '9,"

th i i ra n ac i n on; the pp Th'e sprinkler head 3 is provided with an .ou eri t rel fiangel adja n th th eaded fjportjion 12 thereof and'also with anxterior "thread 16 adjacent said flange 15. -A cap 17 .can be secured onto the thread 16 of the sprinkler head 13 withthe flange 18 of the cap coming in contact with the flange 15 of the head, whereby said sprinkler head is placed into inoperative position, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 1. Therefore,

to allow water to escape through the perforations lief the sprinkler head; the only thing necessary is the removal of the cap 17 To shut oiithe water, thecap is placed on to the head as stated; To prevent the misplacement of the cap 17, the same is secured to the ,retaining flange 9 by a suitable flexible member 19.

' c From theforegoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantage of the construction and operation of the device shown will be i readily understood by those skilled 'in the art to which the invention pertains; and

while I havedescribed the principle of operation, together with the device which I now consider to be thefbest' embodiment thereof, 7 I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative and that such changes may be made when desired as are within thescope of theappended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I 'claimas'new and-desire to secureby Letters Patent f1; Ina device of the class described, nipple sectionshaving'a flange portion at one end adapted to fit the interior surfaceof a hose and a. threaded portion at the other end, a

"retaining flange adapted to fitthe nipple sections and fit the outer surface of thehose,

'a sprinkler head adapted to engage the threaded portion of said nipple sections and c force said retaining'flange toward the flange portion of said nipple sections, and a threaded cap for. said sprinklerhea d removable therefrom. V

y 2. Ina device of'the class described, a

nipple ha ving a fi'an'ge portion and a thread ed portion, saidflange portion being adapted to fit the interior; surface of; a hose, aretaining flange associated With said nipple and adapted to fit the ex terior surface-of the hose, a sprinkler head adapted to engage the threaded portion ofith'e-nipple and force said retaining flange toward.,the,flange pore-V tion of the nipple, and a'threaidedcap for' said sprinkler head removable ,therefrom.

In adevice-of.-theQclass described, a

nipple formed of 'longitudinalsections, said sections havingflangeportions at one end,

saidlfiange portions forming part of a cysurface adapted to fit the exterior surface lindrical surface'adapte'd to contact Withthe interior surface of ahos'e, said nipple sec- ;tions havi ngi the other endthre'aded, a re taining flangeforming partofa cylindrical qtWo subscribing Witnesses. V

H. EDWAR HOUSTON;

ofahose5 said retaining flange having an annular collar adapted to receive the nipple be placed into operative or into inoperative pos tion. i

. In testimony whereof have signed my 7 name to this specification in the presencev of witnesses C A.- EL ER, V E. G. LACY.

Oopies'ijof this patent-may be obitained for five eentseach, by addressing the Commissioner ci ia tents, a v Washington, O. i 

